BIBAs briefs

The finalists of one of the biggest business awards in Lancashire have been selected.

The judges for the Be Inspired Business Awards, the BIBAs, have picked the entries received from across the county after a series of interviews.

They will be informed by email on Monday, June 6 with the shortlists for the awards’ 18 categories being announced exclusively in the Lancashire Evening Post on Tuesday, June 7.

Babs Murphy, Chief Executive of awards organisers the North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, said: “The BIBAs judges have undertaken many hours of interviews to pick the finalists in each category and now we get to tell those individuals and businesses they have made the next stage.

“All of our finalists will receive a visit from their respective judging panels, starting from June 20, where they will get under the skin of what makes that individual or that business tick.

“Following this visits, the judges will pick their winners.”

The winners will be unveiled at the awards ceremony on Friday, September 16, which will take place at The Blackpool Tower.